Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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